702 ABC Sydney
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702 ABC Sydney is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. Formerly known by its callsign, 2BL, the station has since changed its name to '702 ABC Sydney'. It is the flagship station in the ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702 kHz on the AM dial.
702 ABC Sydney was the first full-time radio station in Australia, having commenced broadcasting on November 23, 1923. Its first callsign was 2SB where 2 denotes the State of New South Wales and SB stood for Sydney Broadcasting Limited. However, the callsign was soon altered to 2BL for Broadcasting Limited to avoid confusion with another Sydney radio station, 2FC.
2BL became one of the inaugural stations in the ABC network when it was founded in 1932. 2BL became 702 ABC Sydney in 2000.
The current onair lineup includes: Adam Spencer, Virginia Trioli, Richard Fidler, James Valentine, Richard Glover, James O'Loghlin, Tony Delroy, Simon Marnie and Ian McNamara.
Popular Programs
- [Thank God it's Friday] is broadcast every Friday on Richard Glover's Drive show and features a roundup of the week's events, featuring various Australian comedians. TGIF is also available as a podcast.
- Norman the Quiz, the pet-name for what used to be simply known as 'The Quiz', is hosted by James O'Loghlin every weekday evening. It is broadcast to all of NSW and the ACT
- The Challenge is a quiz broadcast at midnight (local time) by Tony Delroy. It has become something of an institution.
External links
Station/Frequency: 2RN 576 | 2PB 630 | 2BL 702 | 2GB 873 | 2UE 954 | 2KY 1017 | 2CH 1170 | 2RPH 1224 | 2SM 1269 | 2RFM 1476 | 2RI 1539 | 2WS 1611 | 2KM 1620 | 2ME 1638 | 2MM 1665 | 2GR 1683 | 2NTC 1701
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